Metabolic consequences of changing dietary patterns
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Metabolic consequences of changing dietary patterns
(World review of nutrition and dietetics, vol. 79)
Karger, 1996
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Dietary patterns have varied over time due to changing agricultural practices and climatic, ecological, cultural and socioeconomic factors which determine the foods that are available to humans. This volume examines the metabolic consequences of recent dietary and other lifestyle changes in selected populations in Asia, Australia and Africa. Scientific evidence suggests that human beings evolved on a diet that was higher in protein, complex carbohydrates, fiber, vitamin C, calcium and nutrient density than the diet of developed and developing countries today. The hunter-gatherer diet was lower in simple carbohydrates, total fat, saturated fat and trans fatty acids, while also maintaining a balance between the omega-6 and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. The reviews in this volume describe the adverse metabolic effects now occurring in different populations undergoing rapid change and suggest how these detrimental effects on health can be prevented or modified.
Table of Contents
- The transition of Australian Aboriginal diet and nutritional health, A. Lee
- food variety of adult Melbourne Chinese - a case study of a population in transition, B.H.-H. Hsu-Hage and M.L. Wahlqvist
- traditional diets and meal patterns in South Africa, D. Labadorios et al
- cultural and nutritional aspects of traditional Korean diet, Sook Hee Kim and Se-Young Oh
- historical development of Chinese dietary patterns and nutrition from the ancient to the modern society, J.D. Chen and Hong Xu
- tea consumption and cancer, S.K. Katiyar and H. Mukhtar
- coffee and cancer - a review of human and animal data, A. Nehlig and G. Debry.
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